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When the uberprivate Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa was purchased two years ago by the San Diego scions of mobile tech giant Qualcomm, it was clear they were serious about achieving world-class resort status—as in $30 million remodel serious...

Awards season is upon us and we’re taking a seat in several of the city’s most innovative screening rooms: spaces where the drama and production values are clearly in focus, and where the interiors and sound systems can easily start at $...

Make no mistake: When it comes to turning out some of the coolest spaces all over the country, Jules Wilson is on a serious roll. For the McClintock building, a downtown San Diego landmark built in the ’20s and seriously renovated...

Born in Britain, raised in Spain and France, and currently a resident of Singapore, Christopher Guy has established himself as much for his sophisticated designs as the thought-provoking thematic elements behind each collection. Recently debuting...

“Carte blanche” may be the two words every interior designer most longs to hear. The first time Lori Gentile showed her La Jolla clients a sheaf of CAD drawings, they gave her the no-questions-asked go-ahead to transform their home from top to...

For the last seven years, Susan Hornbeak-Ortiz has burnished the high-end design scene through Shine by S.H.O., her San Juan Capistrano-based design and manufacturing firm. Her pieces show up in projects on a jet-setter’s itinerary: New York,...

When Mary Ta met Drew Fenton, the two Los Angeles residents soon discovered that they shared a passion for design, décor and architecture. But unlike others who might simply pontificate on the topic, Ta and Fenton have more than the average appreciation...

When busloads of visiting architecture students descend on San Diego, the first stop is La Jolla. No, not the Salk Institute. Nor the Neurosciences Institute. It’s a beeline to Gravilla Street to El Pueblo Ribera, the much-studied, much-storied...

In the terra-cotta-dotted enclave of Emerald Bay, one home catches the eye among the architectural mix of usual suspects. Laid-back and comfortable, the three-story standout is no Tuscan transplant, but a modern spin on a more local...